Expand comments and add an assertion in nodeModifyTable.c.

nmisch · nmisch · commit c3437fb7255b · 2024-06-27T19:21:12.000-07:00
Most comments concern RELKIND_VIEW. One addresses the ExecUpdate() "tupleid" parameter. A later commit will rely on these facts, but they hold already. Back-patch to v12 (all supported versions), the plan for that commit. Reviewed (in an earlier version) by Robert Haas. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20240512232923.aa.nmisch@google.com
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
  *		rowtype, but we might still find that different plans are appropriate
  *		for different child relations.
  *
+ *		The relation to modify can be an ordinary table, a view having an
+ *		INSTEAD OF trigger, or a foreign table.  Earlier processing already
+ *		pointed ModifyTable to the underlying relations of any automatically
+ *		updatable view not using an INSTEAD OF trigger, so code here can
+ *		assume it won't have one as a modification target.  This node does
+ *		process ri_WithCheckOptions, which may have expressions from those
+ *		automatically updatable views.
+ *
  *		If the query specifies RETURNING, then the ModifyTable returns a
  *		RETURNING tuple after completing each row insert, update, or delete.
  *		It must be called again to continue the operation.  Without RETURNING,
@@ -812,8 +820,8 @@ ExecInsert(ModifyTableState *mtstate,
  *		index modifications are needed.
  *
  *		When deleting from a table, tupleid identifies the tuple to
- *		delete and oldtuple is NULL.  When deleting from a view,
- *		oldtuple is passed to the INSTEAD OF triggers and identifies
+ *		delete and oldtuple is NULL.  When deleting through a view
+ *		INSTEAD OF trigger, oldtuple is passed to the triggers and identifies
  *		what to delete, and tupleid is invalid.  When deleting from a
  *		foreign table, tupleid is invalid; the FDW has to figure out
  *		which row to delete using data from the planSlot.  oldtuple is
@@ -1178,15 +1186,17 @@ ldelete:;
  *		which corrupts your database..
  *
  *		When updating a table, tupleid identifies the tuple to
- *		update and oldtuple is NULL.  When updating a view, oldtuple
- *		is passed to the INSTEAD OF triggers and identifies what to
+ *		update and oldtuple is NULL.  When updating through a view INSTEAD OF
+ *		trigger, oldtuple is passed to the triggers and identifies what to
  *		update, and tupleid is invalid.  When updating a foreign table,
  *		tupleid is invalid; the FDW has to figure out which row to
  *		update using data from the planSlot.  oldtuple is passed to
  *		foreign table triggers; it is NULL when the foreign table has
  *		no relevant triggers.
  *
- *		Returns RETURNING result if any, otherwise NULL.
+ *		Returns RETURNING result if any, otherwise NULL.  On exit, if tupleid
+ *		had identified the tuple to update, it will identify the tuple
+ *		actually updated after EvalPlanQual.
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 static TupleTableSlot *
@@ -2337,8 +2347,8 @@ ExecModifyTable(PlanState *pstate)
 				 * to set t_tableOid.  Quite separately from this, the FDW may
 				 * fetch its own junk attrs to identify the row.
 				 *
-				 * Other relevant relkinds, currently limited to views, always
-				 * have a wholerow attribute.
+				 * Other relevant relkinds, currently limited to views having
+				 * INSTEAD OF triggers, always have a wholerow attribute.
 				 */
 				else if (AttributeNumberIsValid(junkfilter->jf_junkAttNo))
 				{
